Companion romance

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This is honestly the strangest aspect of FO4 to me so far. It's such a blatant attempt to pander to the precedent set by Bioware's non-RPGs, especially because romance is one of the biggest reasons their games have such huge, forgiving online fanbases regardless of mediocrity in other areas (best example being Dragon Age 2).

How do you guys expect "romance" to go down? If Bioware is the benchmark, then the romance writing can be fanservice cheese and people will still go wild for it. Or maybe it will just be a marriage function like Skyrim, given that Bethesda companions are never fleshed out beyond a few static character traits and thus couldn't really support the stuff Bioware goes for. And given that a spouse + kid is a non-debatable aspect of the player character's background, romance seems even stranger. How will the old family factor in? The two elements seem weirdly incompatible.

Every companion is bisexual, but will it be possible to RPG a gay/lesbian character given the heterosexuality at the beginning? I'm also kinda curious if the inevitable ghoul or super mutant companions will be romanceable. Theyre not technically "non-human", but it's also a semi-taboo topic that hasn't really been touched on in the series before. But above all, will there be a narrative importance to "romance" aside from the fanservice?
 
Yes first you must wear an Amulet of Ma-- I mean a piece of pretentious jewelry then proceed to slay the great almighty legendary deathclaw for its teeth for a pretty necklace and then we can get married and have sex.
 
Maybe they'll have a character like Mjoll the Lioness with her little bitch Aerin that follows her EVERYWHERE.
I'm waiting to see how marriage works:
"Can you retrieve my bag located in Deathclaw Valley?"
*Returns with bag*
"What the hell was so important about the contents of this bag?"
"It was my sugar bomb collection now how about marriage then some sex?"
 
MercenarySnake said:
Maybe they'll have a character like Mjoll the Lioness with her little bitch Aerin that follows her EVERYWHERE.
I'm waiting to see how marriage works:
"Can you retrieve my bag located in Deathclaw Valley?"
*Returns with bag*
"What the hell was so important about the contents of this bag?"
"It was my sugar bomb collection now how about marriage then some sex?"
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Pretty much. Though with now more jerky sex animations!
 
We could be married and divorce in Fallout 2, so it's not a big deal for me. If Bethesda is not involved, then it will be good.
 
Dr Fallout said:
MercenarySnake said:
Maybe they'll have a character like Mjoll the Lioness with her little bitch Aerin that follows her EVERYWHERE.
I'm waiting to see how marriage works:
"Can you retrieve my bag located in Deathclaw Valley?"
*Returns with bag*
"What the hell was so important about the contents of this bag?"
"It was my sugar bomb collection now how about marriage then some sex?"
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Pretty much. Though with now more jerky sex animations!
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Like two rag dolls rubbing up against each other. Will they have that "use your spouse as a store" feature you think?
 
MercenarySnake said:
Dr Fallout said:
MercenarySnake said:
Maybe they'll have a character like Mjoll the Lioness with her little bitch Aerin that follows her EVERYWHERE.
I'm waiting to see how marriage works:
"Can you retrieve my bag located in Deathclaw Valley?"
*Returns with bag*
"What the hell was so important about the contents of this bag?"
"It was my sugar bomb collection now how about marriage then some sex?"
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Pretty much. Though with now more jerky sex animations!
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Like two rag dolls rubbing up against each other. Will they have that "use your spouse as a store" feature you think?
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Oh certainly.
 
It's the next logical step up after the overly-simple dialogue wheel that tells you nothing about what your character is going to say until he/she says it. Might as well go all-out copying Mass Effect!

The_Guide said:
We could be married and divorce in Fallout 2, so it's not a big deal for me. If Bethesda is not involved, then it will be good.
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That whole companion/quest was just a joke though, really.
 
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Alleged Girl #9 said:
It's the next logical step up after the overly-simple dialogue wheel that tells you nothing about what your character is going to say until he/she says it. Might as well go all-out copying Mass Effect!

The_Guide said:
We could be married and divorce in Fallout 2, so it's not a big deal for me. If Bethesda is not involved, then it will be good.
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That whole companion/quest was just a joke though, really.
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Why not? I love jokes.
 
The_Guide said:
Alleged Girl #9 said:
It's the next logical step up after the overly-simple dialogue wheel that tells you nothing about what your character is going to say until he/she says it. Might as well go all-out copying Mass Effect!

The_Guide said:
We could be married and divorce in Fallout 2, so it's not a big deal for me. If Bethesda is not involved, then it will be good.
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That whole companion/quest was just a joke though, really.
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Why not? I love jokes.
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So do I, but I'm just saying the marriage thing in Fallout 2 was just kind of a one-off joke, not a real mechanic like it will be in Fallout 4.
 
Calling it a Mechanic is kind of a stretch, unless they actually give it consequences and effects.
 
Gimmick works, yeah. Especially given Bethesda's level of writing everywhere else...

And let's be honest here, you'll likely be able to have a full harem, no consequences.
 
MercenarySnake said:
Maybe they'll have a character like Mjoll the Lioness with her little bitch Aerin that follows her EVERYWHERE.
I'm waiting to see how marriage works:
"Can you retrieve my bag located in Deathclaw Valley?"
*Returns with bag*
"What the hell was so important about the contents of this bag?"
"It was my sugar bomb collection now how about marriage then some sex?"
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LOL, Aerin was soo cuckold it was funny too hear you could actually marry Mjoll. The dude probably died inside.
 
Bioware makes dating sims. They've only ever made dating sims, it's just that the "dating sim" aspects of KOTOR were downplayed a little more and so we didn't notice this until FOX News started screaming about "full frontal nudity" in Mass Erect.
 
Honestly I like this sort of stuff when it's done well (and Bioware usually does it fairly well). When it's not done well (e.g. Skyrim) it's easy enough to ignore.
 
You're sure they are not talking about the dog-companion as romance option?

Bethesda and writing romance ... sheesh, I can't wait for all that trainwreck of a dialog that is coming at us.
 
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